science communication and photography

francesco fiondella

Rice Paddies, Mali

Loulouni Village in southwestern Mali. Taken July 42012.

Temple bells

Andhra Pradesh, India. Taken on September 52012.

Gorita Village, temple hall

Andhra Pradesh, India. Farmers from Gorita village sit and welcome their visitors. Taken September 52012.

Amidou Diabaté

Loulouni, Mali. Amidou Diabaté, 32, is a farmer in Loulouni village in Mali. He grows maize in the wet season, and okra and sweet potatoes in the dry. Taken July 42012.

Rice threshing

Andhra Pradesh, India. A woman process a recent harvest of rice in the rainfed village of Gorita. Taken September 52012.

Lambada tribal women

Andhra Pradesh, India. Women dressed in traditional Lambada clothes. Taken September 52012.

Elderly woman

Gorita, Andhra Pradesh, India. A woman avoids the summer sun be taking refuge in a village house. Taken September 52012.

Cell phone notices

Andhra Pradesh, India. Cell phones are a common way to access agro-​met information in many parts of India. Taken September 52012.

Krishna Reddy

Andhra Pradesh, India. Krishna Reddy, 58, says agrometeorological bulletins produced by the local agricultural university are very useful for making decisions. Taken September 52012.

Cell phone notices

Andhra Pradesh, India. Cell phones are a common way to access agro-​met information in many parts of India. Taken September 52012.

Gorita village school children

Andhra Pradesh, India. Children gather outside of the school building for a question and answer session about climate change. Taken on September 52012.

Women of Gorita

Andhra Pradesh, India. Farmers from Gorita village at its main temple. September 52012.

Cell phone advisories

Andhra Pradesh, India. Farmers from Gorita village get weather and agricultural advisories via text messages on their cell phones. Taken September 52012.

Off to goat pastures

Andhra Pradesh, India. A family of goat herders in Gorita village leave to find pasture for the animals. Taken September 42012.

Packing Apples

Bhuntar, Himachal Pradesh, India. Workers load boxes of recently picked apples for shipment via trucks. Taken August 302012.

Sarla Thakur

Chong Village, Himachal Pradesh, India.Farmer Sarla Thakur has just finished weeding her tomato garden. Taken August 302012.

Market, Loulouni, Mali.

Loulouni, Mali. Farmers from the area sell lemons, potatoes and a large variety of other fruits and vegetables in Loulouni’s market. Taken July 42012.

Cooling nuts

Loulouni, Mali. Women spread hot roasted nuts on a straw mat to cool. Taken July 42012.

Roasting Peanuts

Loulouni, Mali. A woman turns a barrel filled with peanuts over a fire as another looks on. Taken July 42012.

Farming boys

Loulouni, Mali. Boys plow a field before planting maize. Taken July 42012.

Amidou Diabaté

Loulouni, Mali. Amidou Diabaté, 32, is a farmer in Loulouni village in Mali. He grows maize in the wet season, and okra and sweet potatoes in the dry. Taken July 42012.

Loulouni, Mali. A boy uses a plow drawn by cattle to prepare their fields for planting maize. Taken July 42012.

Plowing, Mali

Loulouni, Mali. Boys use plows drawn by cattle to prepare their fields for planting maize. Taken July 42012.

Amidou Diabaté

Loulouni, Mali. Amidou Diabaté, 32, is a farmer in Loulouni village in Mali. He grows maize in the wet season, and okra and sweet potatoes in the dry. Taken July 42012.

Okra Harvest

Loulouni, Mali. Farmers harvest okra from their field. Taken July 42012.

Issiakia Traore

Loulouni, Mali. Issiakia Traore tends to his okra plants. Taken July 42012.

Potato Harvest

Loulouni, Mali. Farmers load potatoes onto a donkey cart to sell at market. Taken July 42012.

Henna Painting

Sikasso, Mali. A woman paints henna designs on a client’s feet. Taken July 32012.

Fertilizing

Molobala, Mali. A farmer adds fertilizer by hand to his maize crop. Taken July 22012.

Hand fertilizing

Molobala, Mali. Two farmers add fertilizer by hand to their maize crop. Taken July 22012.

Fatoumata Dembéle

Molobala, Mali. Fatoumata Dembéle tends to her vegetable garden in the village of Molobala, Mali. Taken July 22012.

Weeding

Molobala, Mali. Farmers weed a cotton field. Taken July 22012.

Cotton field

Molobala, Mali. Two farmers guide a plow drawn by cattle in a cotton field. Taken July 22012.

Cotton field

Molobala, Mali.Working in a cotton field. Taken July 22012.

Cotton field

Molobala, Mali. Farmers weed a cotton field. Taken July 22012.

Man, Molobala Village

Molobola, Mali. A man rests near a door of his home. Taken July 22012.

Pounding millet

Molobala, Mali. Young women take a break from pounding millet with a large mortar and pestle. Taken July 22012.


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